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December 2014

Dec 16, 2014

Self-healing or self-defeating? That’s the question circuit board manufacturers have to ask about on-board interconnects like Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) and other such buses that tout their self-healing capabilities.

Some users may like this capability because it keeps their systems running, even if the speed of the system slows down. But board manufacturers who rely solely on functional test and/or probe-based test technologies like in-circuit test (ICT) to detect shorts and opens, and other structural faults are likely sacrificing product performance and manufacturing quality by neglecting to test with boundary-scan (JTAG).

Dec 09, 2014

It’s not every day that a prestigious market research firm like Frost & Sullivan recognizes a company for its customer-oriented business strategies. But that’s what happened today when F&S announced that ASSET had received one of its coveted Customer Value Leadership Awards in the Printed Circuit Board Design Validation and Test segment of the industry.

What earned SourcePoint and ScanWorks this recognition is the tremendous user value our tools offer in terms of the visibility they deliver to software and hardware engineers. Awards like this are certainly gratifying to us as a company, but on a personal level they remind us of the great gratitude we have for our customers. We could not have won this or any of our previous honors without their suggestions and influence, inputs that we rely on to drive our strategic decisions.